Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 110 - 78: Dad’s Prestige_2

Chapter 110: Chapter 78: Dad’s Prestige_2

"Alright, what do you want for lunch?"

"Hmm..."

"How about I fry you two chicken legs, to thank you for helping Mom vent one-tenth of her anger."

"Haha, sounds good!"

With that, Qiao Yu suddenly stood up and snatched the phone from Qiao Xi’s hand.

"What are you doing?" Qiao Xi asked, puzzled.

Qiao Yu replied earnestly, "I think everything is gradually getting better. Your problem with being easily distracted can surely improve as well. You can try to concentrate little by little. Try to keep yourself focused for longer periods. When you were learning a foreign language, you managed it well, so cooking should be no problem either."

Qiao Xi thought for a moment and didn’t insist on grabbing the phone back, walked into the kitchen on his own, and soon the roar of the old range hood was heard.

Yeah, this thing probably needs replacing too.

Qiao Yu half-reclined on the sofa, his ears always attentive to the noises from the kitchen, and after only two minutes, the door was suddenly knocked.

He glanced at the time, got up rather reluctantly, opened the door, sure enough...

"You’re here now, are you trying to steal my chicken legs?" Qiao Yu said displeased.

"That’s right, Auntie said if I hear her cooking at noon, it means you’re back for lunch and asked me to come and eat." Xia Keke replied with conviction.

"Isn’t your mom at home?"

"She was indeed home this morning, but then she went out."

Qiao Yu rolled his eyes, as Xia Keke bent over and squeezed past him into the door, changed shoes on her own, and walked into the kitchen, "Auntie, I’m here to help."

Haha, there’s backup?

Qiao Yu followed Xia Keke to the kitchen, leaning against the doorway, watching Qiao Xi naturally hand over a few chicken legs to Xia Keke, who stood at the vegetable wash stand, as if this wasn’t the first time they teamed up, but this wasn’t a great situation.

The two women were too close, making him feel like he was being sold out.

"Xia Keke, military training is the most significant group activity in high school. How can you just casually take a leave? Don’t tell me I’ve led you astray? You’re a good student aiming for the college entrance exam, don’t follow my example." Qiao Yu lectured with grief and indignation.

"Pfft, who’s following you? I said you don’t understand girl’s stuff, I just need a rest today!" Xia Keke snapped, turning her head and shouting at Qiao Yu.

Qiao Xi looked at Qiao Yu confused, and said, "You really don’t understand? Oh, right, you scored only 9 points in biology."

Qiao Yu paused for a moment, glanced at the turned-on water heater, understood, and then threw off a proud remark, "I got 9 points because I intended to get 9 points!"

With that, Qiao Yu turned and went back to the living room, sat on the sofa for a while, feeling a bit sentimental.

Unknowingly, the little girl had grown up indeed, he hadn’t noticed before.

What did they say in that physiology class?

Yeah, once females evolve into strong beings they acquire a unique ability — bleeding for a week every month yet remaining lively, like it or not.

Thinking about it, Qiao Yu sighed inwardly, got up, grabbed a cup, poured some hot water, and casually placed it on the old coffee table in the house.

Sure enough, in no time, Xia Keke came out of the kitchen, flopped down heavily on the sofa next to Qiao Yu.

"Here, hot water." Qiao Yu gestured towards the water cup on the coffee table with his mouth.

Xia Keke smiled happily, then clasped the cup with both hands, leaned back comfortably on the sofa, sipping in tiny sips.

"Qiao Yu, what did they ask you in the interview today?"

"Call me Daddy." Qiao Yu casually tossed out a line, then suddenly became alert.

Oops, he had been led astray by Yu Yongjun, that shameless guy, lately.

The next moment, this woman really scooted closer to him and even nudged him with her shoulder, then in a soft, pleading, and slightly flirtatious tone said, "Daddy, please tell Keke."

"Cough cough..." Qiao Yu choked on his own saliva.

Just now, the rough old face of Old Xia flashed in his mind, making him feel a bit guilty.

A cup of water was timely handed to him, Qiao Yu took it and drank a sip, feeling better...

Wait, he poured that water himself...

Not daring to show any expression of distaste, Qiao Yu calmly placed the water cup back on the coffee table, then cleared his throat and sat up straight, stating seriously, "Today I thought it would just be an ordinary newspaper interview, but they brought a cameraman along, said it’s for the new media department’s material too."

"As for what they asked, you don’t even have to wait for tomorrow’s paper. That Journalist Zhang said the interview content will probably be edited by this afternoon, you can directly search for ’Star City Morning News’ on Douyin and watch it."

He truly felt somewhat guilty.

If Old Xia really found out, the last time he passed him a chat with a cigarette, next time it might be a knife.

As everyone knows, you can refuse a cigarette from a man, but rarely a knife.

"How come your courage is getting smaller and smaller?" Xia Keke cast a disdainful glance at Qiao Yu, then proudly pulled out her phone, started searching for ’Star City Morning News,’ scrolled through the latest videos, didn’t see Qiao Yu, so she hit follow, and put her phone back in her pocket.

Qiao Yu couldn’t be bothered to deal with this lunatic girl.

Is he timid? He’s obviously just showing basic respect to the physical prowess and tool-usage ability naturally possessed by a man in his prime.

"Wash up and get ready to eat."

The clear voice from the kitchen provided an escape for Qiao Yu, who leapt up as if from a spring, dashed into the bathroom with lightning speed.

Ha, the Jiangdong rat brat at fifteen!

...

After lunch, Xia Keke cozied up in Qiao Yu’s house, with her head leaning against Qiao Xi’s, browsing their phones, occasionally commenting.

Qiao Yu couldn’t do much about it either.

If both parents had gone out, usually Xia Keke’s grandparents and great-grandparents took turns looking after her.

Naturally, the elderly couldn’t enforce discipline too strictly.

But it didn’t matter either.

Since right after military training there’s a placement exam, with the little girl’s skill level, getting into the science experimental class at the main campus of Changjun Middle School shouldn’t be an issue.

Qiao Yu specifically found out that once you apply to the main science experimental class at Changjun Middle School, you can board at school, so she’ll definitely be boarding later on. Most of the next three years will be quiet, let her be rampant a few more days.

Finally able to rest for a day, Qiao Yu was too lazy to do exercises or read papers, so he lounged on the sofa, idly watching TV, letting his mind go blank, enjoying the rare leisure time.

Suddenly, the sound from the phone abruptly invaded Qiao Yu’s ears.

"...I have to thank our school’s teacher Lan Jie. Originally, I wasn’t interested in mathematics anymore..."

"...I was worried the bonuses promised by the Little Alibaba Group wouldn’t be enough to share. Didn’t expect I got the only gold award..."

"...Personally, I believe that in mathematics, MIT definitely can’t compete with Harvard, also not with Princeton. There’s quite a gap compared to our Huaxia’s Yanbei University and Huaqing University..."

...

Qiao Yu sat up slightly, glanced at the time, it was only 1:30 in the afternoon...

The newspaper staff really give it their all, not needing a lunch break?

Having wrapped up the interview after ten forty in the morning, the reporter and cameraman also needed to get back to the press, then review materials, edit, typeset, and they got it out this quickly?

He then heard Xia Keke’s cheer, "Wow, "brother," you’ve really got a presence, Star City Morning News released three videos consecutively, all exclusive interviews with you!"

And quite unexpectedly, what Qiao Yu thought had ended in the interview also slipped into his ears.

"...No way? I’m just a middle school student! I was just speaking candidly, comparing the courses I saw online..."

Though it didn’t matter to him, Qiao Yu realized, as long as you’re facing a camera, don’t ever think that thing’s turned off. Plus, the new media department of the Morning News is really sincere, saying no need to edit means perfectly restored, right?